[Qemu-devel] Re: linux-test-0.5.1.tar.gz seems outdated, but isn't

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

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On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:37:05PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
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> 19:42 < stappers> pbrook: are you sure about
> 19:42 < stappers> < pbrook> Oh. That doesn't have the right ethernet drivers
>                   on it.
> 19:43 < pbrook> Fairly sure. It only has the isa ne2k drivers.
> 19:43 < stappers> the kernel config has CONFIG_NE2000 and qemu monitor reports
>                   ne2000 at `info network`
> 19:44 < pbrook> See above.
> 19:44 < pbrook> ne != ne2k_pci
> 19:44 < stappers> mmm
> 
> While editing, I wondered which "hardware" is in the Debian version of Qemu.
> 
>   CHIPS
That was a brainwave

20:45 < stappers> when I modify ` qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap`
20:46 < stappers> into `qemu linux.img -net nic,model=ne2k_isa -net tap` is
                  the error 'no such device' gone  :-)

So the trick is defining the NIC model as "ne2k_isa"

Should this default hardware detection be documented?


Cheers
Geert Stappers

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